SANTA CLARA, Calif – The Dallas Cowboys would have crushed the San Francisco 49ers even if a Southern District of New York judge had not granted Ezekiel Elliott a temporary restraining order allowing him to play this weekend. It just might not have been as bone crushing as the Cowboys’ 40-10 statement win over the hapless 49ers. Elliott had his b...
“That was unique, different and WOW.” – Tony Romo The Oakland Raiders entered Thursday night desperate for a change in trajectory. Losers of four straight, the Raiders were laden with issues. The defense had been a liability. Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree had been largely invisible. Derek Carr had lingering effects from a transvers...
This week’s NFL special meeting attended by select players, select owners, Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith, was unquestionably a positive step. The consensus is that the conversation was constructive and open-ended. Falcons owner “one of the most open and productive meetings I’ve been in, maybe ever.” So be it that the meeting...
When David Johnson dislocated his left wrist in Week 1, the NFL (and fantasy community) arguably lost its best running back. When Odell Beckham Jr. fractured his ankle last week, ending his season, the NFL arguably lost its most thrilling playmaker. When J.J Watt’s season also ended last week after he fractured his tibial plateau, the NFL unquestion...
Around 4:30 pm ET in the bowels of a jam-packed day Cam Newton was asked to address his misguided comment from last week that it was “funny to hear a female ask about routes.” After worldwide ire led to a thoughtful apology in which he dripped with emotion talking about being a father and wanting to be a good role model to children, today Newton sim...
For a brief moment, the skies have opened in Chicago. With Mike Glennon’s cataclysmic performance against the Packers Thursday night, a quarterback change is surely coming. Mitchell Trubisky is going to see the field on October 9th on Monday night (against the Vikings) after the Bears’ bye week. There hasn’t been an official announcemen...
Hey you, person who thought the Patriots were doomed. Tom Brady has 447 yards, 3 TDs, and five really shiny rings he’d like to show you. Until Brady turns 72 and Bill Belichick’s brain cells disintegrate, the Patriots will always be in the conversation. The Pats return to form was just one of many pillars that marked a return to normalcy. The wor...
The NFL is a judgmental place. Get overhyped about a player or team after one week and it’s overreaction central. But the thing is, there aren’t that many weeks in a season, so I say, ride the wave of opinions and predictions - even if they . With that in mind, here are the 10 players I am impatiently waiting to watch in Week 2. ...
If the NFL’s Week 1 product was auditioning for, well, anything, it would have zero shot at a callback. In fact, upon the NFL’s exit the judges would have let out that burst of laughter they had such trouble keeping in while the games were in progress. Injuries, blowouts, and a litany of awful quarterback performances did little to make a splash. La...
There are the best players, then there are most fascinating players. The guys who tap into our emotional brain space because they are an underdog, mounting a comeback, a medical miracle, have a boatload to prove or just freakin’ awesome The list below constitutes our picks for the most intriguing players in the NFL headed into the 2017 season. Obvi...